Analytical model of spin-polarized semiconductor lasers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Gøthgen, Christian ^a   Oszwadowski, Rafał ^a,b   Petrou, Athos ^a   Žutić, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; DIFFERENT MODES; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; ELECTRON POPULATIONS; NON-LINEAR FILTERING; OPERATING REGIMES; SPIN RELAXATION; SPIN-DOWN; SPIN-POLARIZED CARRIERS; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS; SPIN-UP; THRESHOLD REDUCTION; ULTRA-FAST;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 49149091769     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2967739     Document Type: Article

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